O'Flaherty agrees to one-year deal with Braves

Summary of 2 articles · Updated Jan 18, 2013

The Atlanta Braves avoided arbitration with five players Friday, including outfielder Jason Heyward, starting pitcher Kris Medlen and reliever Eric O'Flaherty. O'Flaherty, the main setup reliever for closer Craig Kimbrel, received a $4.32 million deal. Th… (more)e right-hander also started the wild-card playoff for the Braves, pitching well in a season-ending loss to the Cardinals. But since nearly going to trial with Jeff Francoeur in 2009, the Braves have told agents that they would go to trial if an agreement is not reached before salary-arbitration figures are exchanged. Though there is not a great discrepancy between those two figures, there is still a strong possibility that Prado's salary for the 2013 season will be determined through an arbitration hearing that will occur in Phoenix at some point between Feb. 4-20.